World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Cecil Ross Cooke
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Tampa, Florida
Honored By
Jan Bos
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, WAS CREW CHIEF OF C-47 41-18606 OF THE 36TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 316TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY, DROPPING PARATROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. THE AIRPLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. HE IS BURIED IN A CEMETERY IN OSHAWA, CANADA.